Police and protesters have clashed for a second night in the US city of Minneapolis after an unarmed black man died in police custody. Tear gas was fired by police, while protesters threw rocks and sprayed graffiti. Businesses were also looted. George Floyd, 46, died on Monday and video showed …
Read More »Canadian rapper Houdini shot and killed in Toronto
Houdini was one of three people taken to hospital with injuries but he was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. The two others, a woman, 27, and a 15-year-old boy are expected to recover from the attack. Toronto Police believe it was targeted shooting after gunfire broke out outside the hotel …
Read More »Trump threatens to shut down social media companies
President Trump has taken the extraordinary step of threatening to close down social media platforms. The threat came after Twitter added fact-check links to his tweets for the first time. The battle between the president and the social-media companies has been brewing for a time. But now it feels as …
Read More »Canadian rapper Houdini shot and killed in Toronto
Houdini was one of three people taken to hospital with injuries but he was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. The two others, a woman, 27, and a 15-year-old boy are expected to recover from the attack. Toronto Police believe it was targeted shooting after gunfire broke out outside …
Read More »Britain Approves 1st Coronavirus Drug Which shorten recovery time
Regulators have approved Britain’s first medicine to treat coronavirus – a drug intended for use on Ebola victims. Clinical trials suggest remdesivir can shorten recovery time for Covid-19 sufferers by an average of four days, from 15 to 11. Formal licence approval takes months but the Medicines and Healthcare products …
Read More »Man allegedly releases cobra to kill sleeping wife
A man in Kerala, India killed his wife by letting loose a cobra in her room after failing with a viper once before, the police said on Monday. Investigations have revealed that Sooraj, who worked in a private bank, bought the snake to kill his wife Uthra and also watched …
Read More »France elects first transgender mayor
A trans woman in France has won election in her local commune to become the country’s first openly transgender mayor. The council in Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes in northeastern France chose Marie Cau as its new mayor on Saturday. The 55-year-old ran on a platform of ecological sustainability and building the local economy. …
Read More »US bars foreign travellers from Brazil
The White House on Sunday (May 24) said it was prohibiting most non-US citizens from traveling to the United States if they had been in Brazil in the last two weeks, two days after the South American nation became the world No. 2 hot spot for coronavirus cases. White House Press Secretary …
Read More »Only 10 out of 245 Ghanaians from Kuwait are deportees – NPP Middle East Chairman
The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Middle East branch, Isaac Osae has clarified that not all the 245 Ghanaians who were brought to Ghana from Kuwait on Saturday are deportees as published earlier. According to him, only 10 out of the 245 were deportees who were ready for …
Read More »Netanyahu trial: Israeli prime minister faces Jerusalem court
The trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges has opened in Jerusalem, days after he began a new term in office. Mr Netanyahu, 70, is the first standing leader to face trial in the country’s history. He denies accusations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Arrived …
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